Toys as a kid

Ok, I realize this site may only be a blast from the past for those who grew up in the UK/Ireland so it may be more for Lever and company:

http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/nostalgia.htm

What was your favourite toy as a kid?

 

That's wicked !! Seeing the old grifter was cool - I last had one only 10 years back - got a flat so I just threw it in a hedge - wonder if it's still there?

Man, I could yak about all o' that stuff for hours OK, what about Palitoy's Merlin? Anyone else have on o' those?

 

Airfix Soldiers -about 2 - 3 inches high in boxes of 30 or so soldiers.

My favourites were Paras, Commandos and Afrika Korp.

 

I remember a lot of those toys, I even had a Big Trax when I was a kid. I hope they are able to expand that site. It was nostalgic walking down memory lane.

 

Two toys that I had that I would still play with today are the Millenium Falcon, and my good old Atari 2600. They haven't made a game console yet that could compete with that thing.

 

My fondest memories are from playing with a mechano set....the one with the screws and nuts and you bolted everything together.....they even had motors.
You could make all sorts of things then pull them all apart and make something else. A fully working Ferris wheel comes to mind

Now I play the "beat Google" game .......somehow it just doesn't seem the same

 

The Evel Knievel toy was one of my favorites.
http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/evel_knievel.htm

Sit-n-Spin was awesome. I used that thing until I was way too big for it (probably explains a lot).
http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/products/34660_imageMain200.JPG

My all-time favorite was my Knight Rider big wheel.

And yes, the Millenium Falcon and 2600 were awesome too!

 

Zoids, Transformer, Meccano and of course Atari 2600. Remember Centipede and Moon Patrol!

 

Lego 24/7 7d p/w.

Until Tetris and the GameBoy came out. Pretty much...

 

This brings back some memories-

http://www.yojoe.com/action/

 

Ha Ha Oh Boys And Toys!!!!!!
I Use 2 Trow My Presents Away And Make Camps Out Of The Boxs

 

Nice one, I had forgotten all about my Flight Deck, think I only had it a few weeks before I dismantled it one step too far. You can still get a bit of retro stuff on firebox co uk, the pounds I've wasted there

 

Gameboy

Military Micromachines

Marble World

Hot Wheels

Super Van City

Simcity!

Big-big Loader

and the legos! soo many legos!